Chris Baran

Experienced AI, Cloud, & DevOps Engineering Leader

Role
Manager, Ai & Cloud Platform at Eide Bailly
Location
Cleveland, OH, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Chris Baran

Hardworking, self-motivated senior technical leader specializing in software engineering team management and DevOps culture, as well as cloud, server, and web architecture design, implementation, and support.

Experience

  1. Manager, Ai & Cloud Platform

    Eide Bailly

    Mar 2025 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US

    Leading the firm’s AI and cloud platform strategy, governance, and adoption. • Piloting custom AI Agents and workflows that reduce manual work on customer engagements.• Designing the Power Platform environment strategy and application lifecycle management, allowing the firm’s pro and citizen developers to safely and efficiently build custom AI solutions and workflows.• Supporting the rollout of Microsoft Copilot to the firm.• Implementing governance controls for Copilot, Power Platform, and Azure.• Evaluating AI tools and services.• Evangelizing, educating, and supporting citizen development using Power Platform and Copilot Studio.• Managing a growing team of software engineers, business analysts, and solution architects aligned to cross-functional teams.

Education

  • Miami University

    B.A., Strategic Communication, Political Science

    2003 — 2007

Skills

  • Scripting
  • Web Applications
  • Xml
  • Vmware
  • Server Architecture
  • Virtualization
  • Amazon Web Services (Aws)
  • Asp.net Mvc
  • Performance Management
  • Iis
  • Operating Systems
  • System Architecture
  • Rackspace Cloud
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Managed Services
  • Troubleshooting
  • Dns
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Active Directory
  • Windows Server
  • Hardware
  • Sql
  • Visio
  • Vmware Esx
  • Private Cloud
  • Hybrid Cloud
  • Windows
  • Sharepoint
  • Powershell
  • Mentoring
  • Microsoft Sql Server
  • Tfs
  • Team Management
  • Cloud Computing
  • Windows Azure
  • Group Policy

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